Hi all -
I'm in the process of installling numerous little boxes from the Eduard PE set in my P-35. I'm bending them OK, thanks to my Etchmate, but there's always a small gap around the edges of what, I'm fairly sure, is supposed to be a cold formed box. I've also encountered some difficulty in gluing the darn things in place.
Any tips on what to use for fillers to form nice rounded corners and getting a good bond? Epoxy?
Thanks,
Steve
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Need a little PE advice, please.
LuckyBlunder
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Posted: Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 01:46 AM UTC
redcobra04
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Posted: Saturday, November 08, 2008 - 02:16 AM UTC
Try looking at this www.Agapemodels.com. Open page and go to product review, theres a good article on bending photo etch. As far as glueing it on the model, sometimes you need to scuff up the side where glue goes with sand paper first. It works for me, with CA glue. Make sure you glue to clean plastic.
JackFlash
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Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 09:27 AM UTC
Scuffing or sanding a mating edge always is a good thing.